Udanavarga [sanskrit]

by W. Woodville Rockhill | 1892 | 13,101 words

The Udanavarga is a collection of Sanskrit verses representing aphorisms attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The Udanavarga resembles the Pali Dhammapada and Udana, yet it belong the ancient tradition of early Buddhism. Alternative titles: Udānavarga (उदानवर्ग).

वितर्कव्युपशमे तु यो रतो ह्य् अशुभं भावयते सदा स्मृतः ।
तृष्णा ह्य् एष प्रहास्यते स तु खलु पूतिकरोति बन्धनम् ॥ २ ॥

vitarkavyupaśame tu yo rato hy aśubhaṃ bhāvayate sadā smṛtaḥ |
tṛṣṇā hy eṣa prahāsyate sa tu khalu pūtikaroti bandhanam || 2 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.2 is contained in the book Udanavarga by W. Woodville Rockhill.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vitarka, Vyupashama, Yah, Ashubha, Bhavayat, Sada, Sad, Smrita, Esha, Prahasin, Khalu, Putika, Bandhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.2). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “vitarkavyupaśame tu yo rato hy aśubhaṃ bhāvayate sadā smṛtaḥ
  • vitarka -
  • vitarka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyupaśame -
  • vyupaśama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rato* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*aś
  • aśubham -
  • aśubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśubhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • bhāvayate -
  • bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √bhū]
    bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √bhū]
    bhū (verb class 0)
    [present middle third single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “tṛṣṇā hy eṣa prahāsyate sa tu khalu pūtikaroti bandhanam
  • tṛṣṇā* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*eṣ
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prahāsya -
  • prahāsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    prahāsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ate -
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pūtika -
  • pūtika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūtika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ro -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ru (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūti -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bandhanam -
  • bandhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bandhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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